Talmud

"Be very careful if you make a woman cry, because God counts her tears. The woman came out of a man's rib. Not from his feet to be walked on. Not from his head to be superior, but from the side to be equal. Under the arm to be protected, and next to the heart to be loved." - the Talmud

The Final Countdown

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Countdown to Mexico

Enjoy!

Wheel

The Idea

After a hectic day of playing catch-up from just a week off from work, I had an opportunity this evening to finally take a breather and read that internet giant, Google, intends to completely conquer the internet, and eventually the world, by buying YouTube for $1.65 billion dollars. With Google being the #1 internet search engine and with YouTube being the #1 internet video media site, it's just a matter of time before their secret plans to infiltrate our minds and completely control us blossoms.

When I see big numbers that I can't fathom, I like to break out the HP 10b and try to wrap my head around what $1.65 billion dollars is. In my world, $1.65 billion is 55 $30-million dollar post-tension concrete condo projects, or 66,000 Audi A4's, or 1,650,000 Gibson SG's, or 1.65 billion Diet Coke's. In my life there will never be a need for that much money--I will never rock so hard to destroy 1.65 million guitars, there aren't enough elderly ladies crossings or children's school crossings to run down and crash behind the wheel of 60,000 Audi's, I would rather serve a 3-year prison term at a minimal security prison than to develop another condo, nor are there enough days in my lifetime to drink a Diet Coke every hour on the hour for the rest of my life.

What completely frustrates me about Google is their gameplan. It's so very simple and it is only now that I'm realizing that it could have been me or anyone with half of a brain cell left and a dial-up internet connection.

So I started thinking, what is the stupidest idea in my mind right now. It took about 45 minutes to sift through all of them, but then it all came to me. It is so stupid that 5 years from now people will read this blog entry and wonder, like I wonder about Google or YouTube, why didn't they think of this. I am so certain it will yield me more than $1.65 billion dollars. It will revolutionize the way we communicate, it will challenge the way our current economic systems work, hell, it could bring upon World Peace. I challenge you to come up with a stupider idea with the following:

I'm going to patent this and then repatent this and then repatent it again and then leave it to my children to patent and their children to patent because my girlfriend reminds me of patents and their 20 year terms whenever I see her.

I will you warn you now, in 5-years don't let your children or your grandparents cross a street unattended, I will have 66,000 Audi's to run them down with.

St. Louis

Maybe it was the unusual October weather—record high temperatures in the mid-90’s and the humidity nearing 100%, or maybe it was the fact that the Cardinals are in the play-offs, or maybe everyone is passed out drunk lying in a ditch or behind a dumpster because it’s the hometown of Budweiser beer, or maybe it’s the harsh reality that no one lives, works, or wanders around downtown St. Louis.

To St. Louis’ credit, I did catch some anti-war, anti-Bush protestors across the street from the Old Courthouse.

While I was in St. Louis I got an opportunity to view two very important works of architecture, the world recognized Gateway Arch by Eero Saarinen and the first modern-day skyscraper, the Wainwright Building by Louis Sullivan. Unfortunately I was unable to ride the tram to the top of the arch—maybe next time.

More pictures…

Snakes on the Plane

I was thinking that the plane ride down to St. Louis would have been much more interesting if there were in fact Snakes on a Plane.